The City of Falls Church Sheriff’s Office presented a gun violence prevention and safety training session to the Boy Scouts of America Troop 895 on April 24. Sheriff Steve Bittle, Sgt. Adam Linn, and Cpl. Charles Ayoub presented the training to scouts and their parents. The training presented rules of [...]

Several George Mason High School students were recently accepted to competitive and selective 2013 Virginia Governor’s School programs. Benjamin Cohen, (in Math, Science, and Technology), Maeve Curtin (in Agriculture), Meredith Johnson (in Dance), Sarah Macris (in French Language), Robert Martinez (in Instrumental Music), Elinore McLain (in Math, Science, and Technology), [...]

The Potomac School of McLean will sponsor a used bicycle collection this Saturday, May 11, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., to benefit Bikes for the World. Bikes for the World is a non-profit organization that collects unwanted bicycles for donation and re-use in developing countries. The collection will be [...]

Tuckahoe Elementary School’s 13th annual Home and Garden Tour next Saturday will benefit the school’s Discovery Schoolyard, a nationally recognized outdoor learning curriculum. The tour will take guests through properties including a Victorian-style home on the national registry for historic places, an expanded bungalow, an updated Craftsman, and a brick [...]

Christina Holman, a senior at George Mason High School, has been selected as a 2013 Gates Millennium Scholar. Among 54,000 applicants this year, the program’s largest applicant pool, only 1,000 students were selected. As a Gates Millennium Scholar, Holman’s undergraduate financial needs will be covered and she can receive financial [...]

Will Ashe, a junior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, has been elected by the countywide Student Advisory Council to serve a one-year term as student representative to the Fairfax County School Board, beginning July 1. Ashe will participate in School Board meetings as a nonvoting member, [...]

The team from Longfellow Middle School captured first place in Division B in the 2013 Virginia Science Olympiad, held last weekend at Virginia Tech. The Longfellow team is made up of students Will Baxley, Zuhayr Choudhury, Shannon Chu, Stephanie Do, Alex Fried, Eric Liu, Alvand Moini, Josh Mosier, Neeraj Prasad, [...]

Hundreds of animal enthusiasts and their pets will pound the pavement this Saturday to support homeless animals at Arlington’s 18th annual Walk for the Animals. The event will take place this Saturday, May 11, at Bluemont Park from 8:30 – 11:30 a.m. The walk is held to raise awareness and [...]

The Department of Motor Vehicles’ mobile customer service center, DMV 2 Go, will be at Bowl America, 140 S. Maple Ave., Falls Church, this Friday, May 10, from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. The event is co-hosted by the City of Falls Church DMV Select, Commissioner of the Revenue, and [...]

Two students from Falls Church recently earned academic honors at the universities they attend. Jonathan Miller was named to the fall dean’s list at Concordia University for having a grade point average of 3.5 or higher. Chantal Cough-Schulze was named to the winter scholastic honor roll at Oregon State University [...]